The Abanico (meaning “fan” in Spanish) is the name of a stock set-up that occurs in Salsa, Afro-Cuban music, whatever you choose to call it. It is played by the timbale player— the timbalero—to bring […]
Author: Todd Bishop
Tour wrap-up
After our first gig, at Hot Club de Gand, in Ghent. The tour went quite well, by the way— the shows were all well attended, audiences were very appreciative, we got some good press, and […]
On playalongs, pt. 2: play exercises
Stuff like this. Anything. Why not? Back from tour and easing back into blogging, here, with part 2 in this thoughts on practicing along with recordings series. Today we’ll discuss the value of not just […]
Europe tour updates
Jazz Station, in Brussels Things are going swimmingly so far, with two gigs down, but it’s proving difficult to put tour updates on the blog, so if you’re interested, please visit my personal Facebook page […]
Rock on
A little hitting-the-road music:
On tour
As you may’ve heard, because I keep mentioning it, I’ll be in Europe for the next 2+ weeks, starting now. Stay tuned for whatever updates I can make from the road— photos, video, and such. […]
Mike Snyder on triggering
I put together thousands of these things. This is really just a quick link share for a friend— I have nothing to say on the subject of electronics, other than to give the reasons I […]
Everybody digs the same stuff, part eleventy
I’ve decided that one of the immutable laws of the universe is that everybody digs the same stuff— well, I’ve felt that way for some time, and it keeps getting confirmed. In this latest case: […]
2013 tour repertoire
Here’s a list of the tunes we’ll be working with on my group’s Belgium trip next week. We won’t end up playing all of this stuff, but it’s in the books. A little over half […]